810 PAPERS AND WORKS ON MAMMALIAN ORDERS, 



In the following Catalogue the effort has been made to include 

 the references to all the new species which have been described 

 since the appearance of the works of Messrs. Waterhou.se and Gould. 

 To have included all the references to earlier descriptions was unne- 

 cessary because they are to be found in one or both of these 

 monographs, and in many cases the original descriptions consist 

 of but a few brief sentences in anticipation of subsequent more 

 complete accounts. Where anatomical or other important details 

 are included, the references are given as far as has been possible. 

 References to Papers dealing with Palteontology are not included 

 if they are to be found in the Catalogue of Messrs. Etheridge and 

 •Jack. Doubtless some important Papers have been overlooked, 

 as also have many which contain important allusions to Marsupials 

 and Monotremes, but to which the titles of the Papers give no 

 clue. Of such papers in most cases there are no copies at present 

 to be consulted in any of our libraries. 



There are many gaps in our knowledge of Australian Marsupials 

 even apart from their embryology, of which, with his known ability 

 and with the resources at his command, we may hope very shortly to 

 have a goodaccouut from Mr. Caldwell. At present we knowalmost, 

 if not absolutely, nothing of the soft parts of many highly interesting 

 forms such as Chaeropus, Myrmecobius, Hypsiprymnodon, and 

 Tarsipes, yet, with the exception of Mr. Ramsay's interesting 

 genus, the most recently described of them has been known to 

 science for more than forty years. 



These rare animals are not likely to become more numerous now 

 that the interior parts of the colonies are every year becoming 

 more settled. Surely before they become extinct some special efforts 

 might be made to obtain specimens of these animals with a view 

 to the description of something more than skins and bones, which 

 is all we have at present. Of the smaller Dasyuridse too, such as 

 Antechinus, Chaetocercus, and Podabrus, our anatomical knowledge 

 is very meagre, Mr. Alston's brief but valuable notes on Antech- 

 inomys, with woodcuts of the stomach and liver being the only 

 special paper and illustrations, which deal with this section, and 

 with a few stray allusions elsewhere, comprising about all that is 



